Nakagawa Kasumi B1 kiritsuke yanagiba 330mm EN

Nagakawa-san apprenticed with the legendary master blacksmith Kenichi Shiraki who created the Shiraki Hamono brand, until becoming its leader when Shiraki-san retired. In 2005 Nakagawa-san changed the brand name to Nakagawa Hamono.

The blade we offer you here is a yanagiba, a single-bevel blade, mainly intended for cutting fish and occasionally it can also be used for pieces of boneless meat.

Forged from Aogami #1 steel (Japanese blue steel) with a soft iron coating and kasumi finish.

Aogami #1 steel has a hardness of approximately 63 HRC which allows it to have an extremely sharp and polished edge, ideal for cutting raw proteins, and with remarkable edge retention.

Brand: Hatsukokoro

Blacksmith: Satoshi Nakagawa

Steel: Aogami n.1

Finish: kasumi

Hardness: 63 HRC

Blade length: 32.7 cm

Height of blade at heel: 3.3 cm

Blade thickness at the heel: 3.6 mm

Blade thickness at tip: 1.3 mm

Weight: 233 gr

The handle is handcrafted with a hybrid pine cone, with resin and bronze spacers.